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tropopause
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The tropopause is the boundary in the Earth's atmosphere between the troposphere and the stratosphere .
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n. The zone of transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere (approximately 13 kilometers). The tropopause normally occurs at an altitude of between 25,000 and 45,000 feet in polar and temperate zones. It occurs at 55,000 feet in the tropics.
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n. the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere
Usage examples of tropopause.
Outside was a darker night than ordinary, for a great dustcloud borne along the tropopause had veiled the stars.
In the Januaries and Februaries, sun-warmed southern air lofted into the stratosphere, turned east at the tropopause and joined the jet streams in their circumnavigations.
The anvilheads topping the cumulonimbus clouds reached high into the tropopause, well above Volkenreiter'$ service ceiling.